Let's be honest it is going to take something catastrophic for Cardiff City not to get promoted to the Premier League from here on in.

Let's be honest it is going to take something catastrophic for Cardiff City not to get promoted to the Premier League from here on in.

Nobody will be counting their chickens just yet, but, with the Bluebirds holding a 10-point lead, something amazing is going to have to happen for them to be dragged out of the top two.

Can the worst happen? Yes, of course, but I can’t see it myself.

The main thing is the lack of consistency of those sides currently chasing the Bluebirds. We are talking about the likes of Leicester, Hull, Crystal Palace and Watford here.

Sure, these are teams capable of doing it, but I’m not sure it can actually happen.

With the cushion Malky Mackay’s side have built up, the Bluebirds are really going to have to embark on a four or five game run where they don’t pick up a point, while two of those chasing teams put a run together of four or five wins on the bounce.

As I say, funnier things have happened, but it looks unlikely this season.

The key word to this is consistency. If there is one team that has been consistent this season then it is the Bluebirds themselves, four away wins on the bounce, just one defeat in their last 13 games in the league.

And, as is being shown week-in and week-out, those sides trying to play catch up just do not seem to have the consistency to close the gap.

Nobody at Cardiff is booking their trip to Old Trafford just yet, but the signs are looking very good indeed.

I mean, let’s be honest, up in Blackpool on Saturday Cardiff were not near their best again, but still they came away with the three points.

The Bluebirds are doing just enough and at this stage in the campaign, that is more than enough.

With the condition of pitches and injuries hitting sides, you are not always going to be able to play at your best, to play at your prettiest.

It’s about picking up the results and that is what the Bluebirds are doing. Craig Bellamy was absent on the weekend and Ben Turner too and I think it was a match that showed again the strength and versatility of what is surely the best squad in the division.

I think in a way also, at Bloomfield Road the Bluebirds’ reputation had gone before them.

Looking at Blackpool, I don’t actually think they believed they could beat Cardiff. Sure, the Seasiders have had their problems this season, but it’s like I wrote about earlier in the campaign, there’s a big difference between saying you can beat someone and really believing it.

Cardiff have got to the point where they can have that effect on teams and it is a very good sign.

The omens are very good for Mackay and his players, but they will just keep focussing on what is up next, the next team in their way and may that continue.

Mackay is looking to bolster his options even further by signing Sunderland striker Fraizer Campbell and, without doubt, the Bluebirds do need someone to bang in goals.

I would not say the signing of someone like Campbell would be the final piece of the jigsaw, because you can always strengthen your squad somewhere, but his arrival could prove integral as Cardiff face what is left of the campaign.

For me Campbell is a very good player who, on his day, really is of Premier League quality.

In the Championship he should prove very useful indeed. I think he is a better option than the other striker Mackay has been linked with this month.

If Campbell does sign I believe Mackay has to show complete confidence in him. You send Campbell out there and tell him: “You are my No.9, you are here to get goals, link up play would be great, but your job is to put the ball in the net and you are going to get a run of games to do just that.”

It could be the signing that proves the difference. One thing is for certain, if Campbell comes in and grabs 10 or 12 goals, he will have helped guarantee the Bluebirds’ promotion to the Premier League in the process.

Even the Bluebirds’ training camp in Dubai has come at absolutely the perfect time for Mackay and his players.

It’s a good shout by the manager at a time when training grounds over here are either frozen or waterlogged and opportunities to work on things outside are often limited. The chance to train with the sun on their backs will be invaluable for the Cardiff players. Training an hour in the sun is like doing a few hours back here at this time of year. Even injuries seem to clear up quicker when you are in the sun. So it’s perfect timing and an excursion I hope the Cardiff players return from refreshed ... and ready to face the last 18 games of a history-defining season.

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